siesta (a nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures)
Inherited from Old Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta (hora) (“sixth hour; noon”), feminine of sextus (“sixth”). Doublet of sexto and sesma. Cognate with Catalan and Portuguese sesta.
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